***disclaimer I don't mean to steal anyone's story line. If you think that I am sorry but do not mean to.******
Chapter 1
It's the day. The day I meet my one and only. The one I will have to marry and have children with. There are so many guys that I could get paired with, good options and bad options. So, so many bad ones. Oh help me now, I desperately need it. Although there is a few I wouldn't mind being paired with. There is the super cute point guard on the boys' varsity basketball team. He is only a year older than I am and super cute. He about 6 foot and pretty in shape if that makes any sense. His name is Treynor. Then there is the also super cute/hot guy names James who is more a nerdy type. Also a year older. He is super nice and in shape. He does a few of the same activities I do and everyone seems to like him. The final option that wouldn't kill me is another basketball player but he is only on JV. That's perfectly fine with me. We already have a class together but he doesn't talk that much. He lovely name is Mason. And once again he is a year older.
Although there are many unacceptable options, we don't get a choice on who we are stuck with for the rest of our lives. Last year we took a test on what our interests are. Our likes and dislikes. And we may or may not have got a chance to write down some options that we wouldn't hate. Every other year we have this ceremony I guess you could call it. This happens when you are either a freshman or a sophomore so that you have time to date and get to know one another. Then you and your given partner during one of your senior years you move in together in to a government provided house. It has several rooms along with a large kitchen, living room, and basement. You get to decorate it with your chosen decorations with a budget of $100,000. Then the day the bride turns 20 you get married, you could also elect to get married earlier but most don't because that would be crazy early. And one more catch, by the time the bride is 25, she has to be pregnant.
I am a freshman in high school. And just to my luck it is the one of the years that we have the ceremony. Perfect. Freaking perfect. Well I guess I find out sooner than later who I will be spending the rest of my life with. Let me introduce myself. My full name is Elizabeth Mandy Jackson. Most people call me Mandy though. I am almost 5'9". Not the skinniest but not super fat either. Somewhere in between. I love to swim and hunt. And of course life makes my two favorite things at the exact same time. I have look extra pretty today because of this stupid ceremony. If I had it my way I would just go to school in jeans and a nice-ish shirt but NOO. I have to get all dressed up and do my makeup perfect along with new shoes and the whole 9 yards. Well if I don't get up soon I will be late, not that I really care but my mother would beg to differ. I have to be on time if not early. So I finally drag my butt out of bed and walk to the bathroom. I take care of my business. Next is breakfast, I am a firm believer that every day starts with a good, delicious breakfast. Today it is going to consist of yogurt with granola and a cherry toaster strudel. Next I have to get dressed in the over the top outfit me and my mom went shopping for on the mandatory day almost a month ago. I have a black dress that goes down to a little above my knees. I have an awesome black leather jacket that goes over it because it is the middle of January. I pair that with some lace leggings underneath and my favorite part of the outfit: black combat boots. Most girls will show up in their sky high heels. And their way too short to be appropriate dresses, and to top it off way too much caked on makeup. I am going to keep it simple, just some liquid foundation on my blemishes with powder to blend it all together. I will also use some mascara and a tiny bit of eyeshadow. Pretty much my everyday makeup already. I straighten my hair and decide to call it good. Quick spray on some perfume. Only 5 minutes to spare.
So today there is a special bus that comes to pick all the girls instead of the usual school bus. The boys just get the normal bus. Hahaha sucks to be them. My mom yells that the bus is here and I grab my purse and go. It's now or never time. The only way to get out of this is to be dead. Trust me I researched this. I am going to meet my future husband today. We finally reach our destination: the local theater. We have it there because all the parents come to watch but are not allowed to talk to their child until after they go on the first date with their new partner. This ''date'' must be at least 2 hours long and they must share a kiss. We luckily get to sit where ever we want so me and my crazy friends have already make plans to sit together. We have 30 minutes once we get there before the ceremony begins. 29…..28…and so on.
"Everyone please take your seats; we begin in 2 minutes." Our school principal says. We only get paired with kids at our school so we have to spend more time together or something like that.
"Alright everyone should be in their seats; we are beginning the Matching Ceremony now…..." The principal goes on to say a bunch of other stuff that I am not even paying attention to. I know that tonight, my bestest friend in the whole entire flipping world, Gemma, will tell me everything important because she knows I won't be listening. Once we get to the name calling I get an elbow in the side and she points toward the principal who is saying, "We will now begin the matching." I nod back at Gemma and sit and listen for my name. They go by boy's names alphabetically. It doesn't take long before they call James because his last name starts with a C. "James Cook is paired with Elizabeth Jackson." States the principal. I just cap not really paying attention and then I get another elbow in the side from Gemma. Its then that I realize that my name just got called. I walk up to the stage. James and I then have to join hands and go to our new seats. We sit down next to each other and then for the first time lock eyes.
And that's all for this chapter. A lot has happened. Wow, alright. So I don't know when I get to update again. So please don't be like super judgmental. If you read the whole chapter and this authors note thanks and leave a comment on what you think and what should maybe happen next. Love to all.
